Book Hauls!

[Connavar]

As you can see by my latest haul being a week after the last haul my TBR pile is also getting bigger and bigger. There are just too many good books i gotta have



Today only these


Damnation Alley - Roger Zelazny
Now Wast For Last Year - Philip K. Dick
A Maze of Death - Philip K. Dick
The Fellowship of The Ring - J.R.R Tolkien
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe - C.S Lewis
Guilty Pleasures - Laurell K. Hamilton

[Nightmare]

Same with my TBR pile, Connavar. Especially since I've been reading from the library, lately. I was able to control myself remarkably today, buying only one book each from two used bookstores. (Plus checking out two more from the library.)

Lord of Light - Roger Zelazny
Dune - Frank Herbert

[j. d. worthington]

After having not bought any books for quite a while, I went and splurged a bit on myself after finding the new job. So I have now ordered:

(replacements):

A Winter Wish, by H. P. Lovecraft
The Lays of Beleriand, The Shaping of Middle-Earth, and The Lost Road (hardbound edition) by J. R. R. Tolkien
The Monster and the Critics and Other Essays (tpb), by JRRT

(new):

The Passing of a God and Other Stories (vol. I of the Complete Short Fiction of Henry S. Whitehead)
Dreads and Drolls (essays), by Arthur Machen

[Mithfanion]

Bought a few more:

Out Stealing Horses- Per Petterson ( mainstream fiction)
Faerie Tale- Raymond Feist ( Fantasy)
Honored Enemy- Raymond Feist( Fantasy)
Pillars of the Earth- Ken Follett ( Hist. novel)
Genghis: Rise of Empire- Conn Iggulden ( part 1 of a trilogy, Hist. novel)
20th Century Ghosts- Joe Hill ( Horror collection)
The Long Ships- Frans Bengtsson ( ( Hist. novel)
The Last Wish- Sapkowski ( Fantasy).

[j. d. worthington]

Got home from work today to find a surprise package from Hippocamus Press of new releases:

Warnings to the Curious: A Sheaf of Criticism on M. R. James (ed. by S. T. Joshi and Rosemary Pardoe
Lair of the Dreamer: A Cthulhu Mythos Omnibus, by Franklyn Searight
the second issue of Dead Reckonings (a journal devoted to studies in the weird fiction field)
the first issue of the new Lovecraft Annual

[gully_foyle]

Finally found the penguin edition of Tiger Tiger by Alfred Bester. Would have settled for the Pan version, and I did see an ancient (circa 1960) copy of the US version, The Stars, My Destination, but I've been holding out for this version. My search is over. Should I read it now or put it at the bottom of my TBR pile?

[Adasunshine]

The Isle of Battle by Sean Russel
High Fidelity by Nick Hornby
The Extraordinary Adventures of Alfred Kropp by Rick Yancey

All picked up in the local Church book sale for £2

xx

[pyan]

Originally Posted by Adasunshine

All picked up in the local Church book sale for £2

xx

Amazing what you can find among the Jeffrey Archers and the Catherine Cooksons, isn't it, Ada!
I found a copy of Xiccarph, by Clark Ashton Smith, of all things, in last years Christmas Bazaar at my local school....

[Adasunshine]

Originally Posted by pyan

Amazing what you can find among the Jeffrey Archers and the Catherine Cooksons, isn't it, Ada!

LOL!!

Don't forget the Danielle Steele's!

I found a copy of Umberto Eco's The Island of the Day Before in the same sale a few months back... it does come in handy that my would-be-father-in-law puts the books out every Friday for the sale on Saturday - I get a sneak preview!!!

xx

[Connavar]

If anyone wants Glen Cook's The Black Company let me know.

I dont like the book and dont want to have it in my collection. I can send to whoever wants the book instead it gathers dust. It just annoys me to have a book i dont wanna have :P

[Fahim]

Haven't read any Glen Cook but I'd be happy to take the book off your hands

[GOLLUM]

HMMM...I happen to like Glenn Cook's Balck Company and his other series but I of course have copies already.

Any particular reason you don't like Black Company Conn?

[Connavar]

It was just not good enough. Some interesting characters but the rest was meh as best.


It might have opened way for the likes of Erikson's Malazan as i hear people say but i thought it was a poor man version of that type of story.

Fahim: Pm me your info and i will send the book in 7-10 days.

[GOLLUM]

Well it does get better as the series progresses and Erikson indeed holds Cook in very hight esteem.

[Nesacat]

Am glad to see you hauling books again JD ... enjoy ... now we need to find you a few more hours.